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Elevation
  
800 m

Shishman Peak

Shishman Peak (Vrah Shishman \'vr&h shish-'man) rises to over 800 m in the east extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Iskar Glacier and Bruix Cove to the north-northeast and Magura Glacier to the south. The peak is named after Czar Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, 1371-1395 AD.

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Location

The peak is located at 62°38′59.5″S 59°59′28″W, which is west of Devin Saddle, 780 m northeast of Plovdiv Peak, 1.43 km west-northwest of Kuber Peak and 3.45 km south-southwest of Rila Point (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

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    Shishman Peak Wikipedia
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